Providences are long chains with many links in them. If one link were missing, the event would fail. But it is God’s chain and God’s plan. The thing is fixed. The outcome is not doubtful.

— William Plumer (1802–1880), Pastor, Theologe

Topics: Guidance & God's Will, Faith & Trust

William Plumer

William Swan Plumer war ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Pastor, Theologieprofessor und Autor des 19. Jahrhunderts, der in Bundesstaaten wie Pennsylvania, Virginia und South Carolina wirkte. Er verband eine streng calvinistische Dogmatik mit alltagsnaher Seelsorge, stand jedoch wegen seiner ablehnenden Haltung zum Abolitionismus und seiner Weigerung, im Bürgerkrieg für die Union Partei zu ergreifen, in der Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch seine Bibelkommentare sowie durch erbauliche Texte über Gnade, Gottesfurcht und göttliche Vorsehung.

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